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gyroprotagonist

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  1. there is a joke in there somewhere about not needing to drive anywhere to see the Grand Canyon, but i digress. it's ~130 miles one-way from strip. maybe rent a lambo and do the trip in 1 hour.
  2. how about maybe letting US companies know WTF is going to happen. The amount of shit we are rushing into the states before 7/9 is crazy then planning to idle some factories until the next round of 'just kidding'
  3. chick in green dress was regulating. this hits close to home as there was a chick fight at the JW Marriott San Antonio pool this weekend. 2 of them got escorted off by popo (or maybe security). This was reported on the scene by my son.
  4. just got back from 10 nights (2 near Volcanos Nat. Park) and 8 near Mauna Kea. volcano side was at https://volcanovillageestates.com/bungalows-volcano-hawaii which was super close to park entrance. got in late Tuesday and then went to park on Wed morning. our bags were delayed so left park to receive those and got word that a big fountain (300+m) had started around noon. So we rushed back to the park and hiked around all day and took it in from different sides of the rim. Us and kids were pretty worn out and we left around 5:15pm or so. Probably should have just stayed to view it at night, but we were worn out. The line to get into park was near 2mi long when we left. Huge arc at the beginning of the fountain and it slowly got a little shorter and wider as the day went on you could feel the heat from the train at this point Really cool and got lucky to hit the fountain on one of the 2 days we were on this side of the island. Then we drove over the dry side and rented a house in the Hapuna Mauna Kea resort (https://www.maunakearesort.com/stay/mauna-kea-residences/bluffs) Place was fantastic. huge space and killer views with access to Mauna Kea and Hupuna Westin hotel and beaches. Manua Kea was going through a renovation so half the hotel was shut down and the beaches were never crowded. Played a little golf with a family deal for 9 holes at waikoloa beach golf. pretty good deal for 2 adult and 2 kids clubrentals, carts and 9 holes for ~$250 all in. Also did the manta ray experience at the Mauna Kea beach. thought it was pretty good. it was expensive and if you already knew what you were doing and had an underwater light, you could basically go to the same spot for free. But the guide just positions everyone and the light to attract the rays so all we had to do is float. the rays came and looped right at us for ~30 mins or so. tons of closeup loops inches from our masks. all in all a fantastic trip highlighted by the volcano. it fountained again on the 20th and they said that could happen in a ~10ish day cycle.
  5. With a kid that just passed his driver's test, i get the student driver thing. It works as I cut some slack when I see those. I just don't get the baby on board. As pointed out above sex trophy makes the most sense
  6. baby on board signs/stickers on cars. I see a TON of them. Is this to let carjackers know there is a potential extra complication to their crime? Wtf? No one is changing their driving at all due to this.
  7. Didn't he also say something like Texas physically destroyed us? But hey maybe upon reflection it was close.
  8. It's almost like my body is trying to tell me something as my back went out the last 2 times playing pickup bball. Almost 51 and a eurostep did me in 2 weeks ago and still hurts like hell every morning. Got an MRI for the hell of it and it did not show anything too bad that needed correction. Maybe ill take up knitting
  9. no CR "Have you even said thank you once"
  10. He and Dolly have at a minimum exchanged DNA so maybe bring the sheep?
  11. great take from the docs. people could be nervous about flying then take a bunch of legit or that horrid OTC gas station THC gummies and freak out instead of calming down.
  12. worst Minecraft movie trailer evar! though
  13. same same
  14. can confirm that HR is using more and more AI for large corp entities. Ours seems to be cutting staff, cutting contractors and forcing the leaders to use AI ready or not. In talking with them it's like "I heard AI can do this so i cut your headcount. Better figure it out quick"
  15. we have done epic early bird for fam of 4 for the last 4 years or so. Worth it if you can make 2 trips per year. We generally get 4 days over Pres Day weekend (kids school is out prior Thur/Fri) and 5-6 days over SB, so 9-10 days on a ~$600ish pass. Did Vail over SB and Keystone over pres day. Hit CB and Whistler (and Chile non pass) last year. PC and Canyons before that so it beats buying lift tickers for sure but both Epic and Ikon raised prices for next season. looking at trying Ikon pass for next season. really want to hit Japan! I have my own board and boots. wife has boots. oldest is now 16 so could get his skis for sure. maybe wait on his boots, but could save some $$ by buying.
  16. will need to know if either party was wearing a hoodie before ruling on self defense or not.
  17. Which as a park ranger should be easy to facilitate. Some hiring Mgr may hate gaps so better to put on there imo
  18. Finally connected with @Upgrayedd at the top of lift 2 and we got a few runs in at the end of the day. They left this poor snowboarder in the dust for the most part. Happy to say I met someone on the internet and left with both my kidneys. As expected surly is good people irl.
  19. Ha! We are staying in the lionshead area. Going to just take the bus first thing to vail village and start from there today. Hit up Bart and Yetis and Garfinkals for lunch; had a great meal at Montauk tonight (fancier seafood place). Got lucky with a no show rez and got in as a walkin for 4. Was going to check skis down by the gondola but they wanted 21 buck per night (per set of skis) if you were not staying at that hotel. So son turned into pack mule for the 2 block walk. Good runs today. Peak was a little windy in the afternoon.
  20. If you see a 6'6 dude snowboarding in a blue coat yell out muledick and that you are from the internet and I'll buy you a beer. We are heading out Friday. Daughter has another vball tourney with this one in Minneapolis.
  21. Where to go in Dallas proper? I used to the Cowboy CFS from Matt's on a regular basis but have been craving a good one lately.
  22. It's fun. I coached my son from 4yo to 7th grade. All rec league. Had teams that finished last and a few that finished first. Stay positive. Don't coach like fan and hang your head or yell at mistakes. Go easy on the refs. Make it crystal clear to parents to cheer for the team and not much else. Make a sub chart each game. Some rec leagues have rules about it. Good advice to chart out each practice. Force the use of the off hand for dribbling and layup; even if they suck. They will get better.
  23. Rolled into Vail today and made it out on the mountain for a few runs with my son. Rest of fam gets in tonight. First time in Vail but wanted to use the epic pass again this year. Trying to convince wife on Japan next year for spring break. May switch to ikon pass after being an epic holder for years.
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